Gene Holtan / Specimen Sheets Pulled from the Wood Type in DRAWER SIX 1st 1983

  
Specimen Sheets Pulled from the Wood Type in DRAWER SIX. From the Cabinet at Green Gables and a Sheet or Two of Type from Friends. Author: Holtan, Gene (Editor) Title: Specimen Sheets Pulled from the Wood Type in DRAWER SIX. Publication: Santa Cruz, California: Quadq Press, 1983. The handmade paper pasted on boards for the cover is from Peter Papermaker, Santa Cruz. The larger Gene Holtan woodcuts are printed on mouldmade Nideggen from Germany, the others with the wood type are proofed on domestic machinemade Superfine. Elizabeth Sanchez bound the 100 copies printed at Green Gables the early part of 1983.

This is the first book published by Quadq. Includes an introduction by George Robert Kane. Negligible scuff to the front board; else very good or better. Established in 1981, Johnson Rare Books & Archives offers a wide array of materials from fine first editions to holographic letters, vernacular photography, archives, and other cultural resources. Our bricks and mortar location in downtown Covina, The Book Shop, is located about 20 miles east of Los Angeles.

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• Author: Holtan, Gene (Editor)
• Publisher: Quadq Press
• Year Printed: 1983
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition
• Binding: Hardcover
• Original/Facsimile: Original